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...flops through the countryside like a Japanese science fiction monster. But Allen tells Helen not to worry, because "he knows how to handle tits" and they rush off to the Sheriff's office. Eventually a plan is devised where Allen lures the stalking breast into a trap-a gigantic bra. But even after the breast is captured, the Sheriff remains worried. "After all," he explains, "these things usually travel in pairs...

Author: By Henry W. Mcgee iii, | Title: Giving Dr. Reuben the Finger | 9/25/1972 | See Source »

...fond underlying assumption that that sun would never set. Temperamentally, Coward is a child of the '20s, that era of wonderfully liberating nonsense. He was one of the first philosophers of "doing your own thing," but lightheartedly and rather gallantly, without the grim puritan ardor of bra burning or the dubious courage of milling about in vast herds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: The View from London | 9/18/1972 | See Source »

...airport arrivals and accorded 1,500 tickets to pack the galleries of convention hall, as well as to give the floor area enough young faces to help television viewers forget the fact that only 3% of the voting delegates were under 25. The boys beardless, the girls firmly bra-ed, they gave the Grand Old Party a cosmetic new look of young vitality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YOUTH: The Cheerleaders | 9/4/1972 | See Source »

...crisscross straps, back or front. Crahay of Lanvin hangs his backless clothes from tied stock collars. Donald Brooks has engineered foundations into his backless dresses, so secure that a woman can even "curtsy and not fall out," he claims. But for women who want to be both bared and bra-ed, complicated problems lie ahead. One possibility is the "three-in-one halter crisscross decollete convertible," which, though it sounds like an automobile, is actually an all-purpose wisp of lingerie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Open Season | 6/26/1972 | See Source »

...Playtex Cross Your Heart Bra, in which the boy does not recognize his girl because she is wearing a new bra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Now the Lemmies | 6/19/1972 | See Source »

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